The confused youth that has nowhere to rest

Jarvis 2022-01-26 08:02:37

In the elegant and sad melody of "Sound of Silence", which is already a classic today, Ben walks home from graduation with a heavy suitcase and the whole family's heavy hopes. He was still so quiet and young, only the occasional figure of a young girl passed by, would he turn his head to look at him out of the curiosity and impulsiveness common to his age.
What greeted him at home was full of flowers and applause, and the incessant praise made him feel suffocated.
In the film, the sound and picture have been matched many times, and the voiceover has nothing to do with the picture. For example, when Ben was going upstairs, a strange girl's voice sounded, and she proudly introduced the achievements of her classmate Ben. Usually in the film, one person walks over and says ah, I heard how you congratulate you, and it is much smarter.
Mrs Robinson's noble and elegant appearance is full of romantic charm, especially the composition of Ben who succumbs to the legs as the foreground is a classic. In front of her, he will always sit in the corner of the camera behind her tall figure, with a pitiful and tender appearance, but the deformed love relationship between them cannot be entirely attributed to the temptation of the lady, they are just vast people The same sullen people who met in the sea. When she talked about the unbearable old things about marriage and school, who wouldn't be moved. When Ben called Mrs Robinson, I seemed to see a smug, smug smile on the other end of the phone.
The diving section is very exciting, using the first-person perspective to fully express the protagonist's helpless heart and submissive situation. The heavy breathing, the screeching noise, and the distorted face, no one can reach his inner world through this layer of diaphragm. He was pushed underwater by the laughing crowd, so he sank to the bottom, as heavy as the wounded heart.
Just graduated, he still retains the mark of "prudence and decency" carved on him by school and family. He politely opened the door for the people in the hotel, and smiled humbly and friendly to everyone who came in and out, in exchange for a bunch of silent and cold faces.
Seemingly ironic, he had to step into an unfamiliar dance because he was too nervous. When booking a room, he was incoherent, and he didn't dare to ask the waiter to come over. Even to say a word, he had to go to the phone booth next door. Mrs Robinson smiled. In the face of such a young and inexperienced child, I think her smile did not contain the slightest contempt, but a love that re-energized her life. Ben touched her breasts, shook his head and walked to the corner dejectedly, hitting the wall with a bang. Who wouldn't love such a man - he was still a child after all.
In the beginning, every time Mrs. arrived, it was expressed through some kind of mirror reflection, just like Ben's ignorant state of mind. Later, the two became familiar and natural, and everything seemed to be done step by step, and Ben also transformed into a mature and uninhibited man. It was not until he met Elaine that he truly felt normal and genuine love, which came out of liking rather than simply needing to give and wait. I believe that Elaine loves him very much too. Although he was shocked at the first meeting and soon learned a truth like a bolt from the blue, Ben is like a stubborn and unyielding seed, stubbornly rooted in the earth and stretched out. Xiang Yangguang made her, a good girl, feel a kind of unrestrained inspirational power, so she couldn't be inseparable anymore.
When Ben, after all the hardships and obstacles, finally arrived at the wedding, his crucifixion was as tall as Jesus. In the process of their frantic escape from the wedding, it was the symbol of holiness, the cross, that resisted the thousands of reactionary forces. There is something to remember about this.
In other respects, the puns that appear many times are witty and meaningful, and the three episodes are now well known to women and children. The filming was in the "Beat Era", with the rapid economic and cultural development, sexual liberation, black liberation, women's liberation, anti-war, anti-communism, hippies, homosexuality... Various social problems emerged one after another, and the world generally felt confused about the future. Maybe everyone has a trapped beast named Ben who is eager to break free from the cage.
A good movie will never end hastily with a goodbye or a happy ending. At the end of the film, Ben and his beloved Elaine finally escaped into a yellow bus and sat at the back of the car. Their excited gasps gradually calmed down. His eyes were filled with confusion, and tears filled his eyes. Will the future really be smooth sailing from now on? Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft's impeccable performances are amazing.

hello darkness my old friend.
i've come to talk with you again.
because a vision softly creeping
left its seeds while i was sleeping.
and the vision that was planted in my brain
still remains with the sound of silence

in restless dreams i walk alone
narrow streets of cobble stone
beneath the hallo of a street lamp,
i turned my collar to the cold and damp
when my eyes were stabbled by the flash of a neon light
that split the night
and touched the sound of silence

and in the naked night i saw
ten thousand people may be more
people talking without speaking
people hearing without listening
people writing songs that voices never share
and no one dare
disturb the sound of silence

"fool" said i you do not know
silence like a cancer grows
hear my words that i might teach you
take my arms that i might reach you
but my words like silent rain-drops fell
and echo-ed in the wells of silence

and the people bow and prayed
to the neon god they made
and the sign flash out its warning
in the words that it was forming
and the sings said "the words of the prophers are
written the subway walls and tenement halls"
and whispered in the sounds of silence

the sound of silence
gregorian
master of chant i

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The Graduate quotes

  • Mr. Robinson: Do you ummm... do you want to tell me *why* you did it

    Benjamin: Mr. Robinson!

    Mr. Robinson: Do you have a special grudge against me? Do you feel a particularly strong resentment? Is there something I've said that's caused this contempt, or is it just things I stand for that you despise?

  • Benjamin: Listen to me. What happened between Mrs. Robinson and me was nothing. It didn't mean anything. We might just as well have been shaking hands.

    Mr. Robinson: Shaking hands? Well, that's not saying much for my wife, is it?